Carrot Cake Pizza

by | Updated: December 4th, 2016

If you want pizza, you call and place an order, right? That’s one way. The other way is to bake a cake. Carrot cake pizza is the two-in-one treat you can eat for brunch or save for dessert. This gluten-free, vegan recipe makes eight decadent slices that come drizzled with a sweet coconut glaze. It sounds like a cheat meal, but the wholesome ingredients won’t weigh you down. Now every celebration will call for “pizza.”

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Carrot Cake Pizza

Serves 8

Cake pizza

1 cup garbanzo flour
1 cup finely shredded carrots (about 2 medium carrots)
¼ cup unsweetened finely shredded coconut flakes
¼ cup coconut oil, melted
¾ cup turbinado sugar
½ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
¼ tsp. ground allspice
1 tsp. vanilla
½ tsp. pink salt
1 flax egg (1 Tbsp. ground flax + 3 Tbsp. water)

Coconut glaze

½ cup full-fat coconut milk
¼ cup maple syrup
¼ cup finely shredded carrot
¼ tsp. vanilla

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease 9-inch spring form pan with coconut oil.
  2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder and spices.
  3. In a small bowl, mix flax and water to create flax egg. Set aside at least 5 minutes to gel.
  4. In a separate bowl, mix together carrots, coconut flakes, coconut oil, sugar and vanilla. Stir in flax egg.
  5. Add wet ingredients to dry and whisk together.
  6. Pour mixture into greased spring form pan and bake 35 – 40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  7. Let cool completely before glazing.
  8. Meanwhile, prepare glaze by blending coconut milk, shredded carrots, maple syrup and vanilla in a high-speed blender. Process until smooth.
  9. Using a pizza cutter, slice cake into 8 slices. Drizzle with glaze, sprinkle with coconut flakes and garnish with shredded carrots.

 

Pamela Higgins

Pam Higgins, Certified Health Coach, AADP received her credentials from The Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2010. Pam is the Founder of Total Health Counseling, LLC and www.totalhealthcounseling.com. She is a sensitive foodie and focuses on teaching clients about eating delicious food with pleasure. Pam will show you how to access your blueprint for healthy eating and lifestyle so you can be your best. Pam healed herself from years of chronic digestive and skin inflammation by accessing her own blueprint for healthy living and helps her clients find foods that nourish + balance their bodies. Pam lives in South Florida with her husband, Heman and dog, Cali. Contact Pam directly via email at totalhealthcounseling@gmail.com.